Japanese Tattoo Art

Some question the artistic factor of Japanese tattoo art, but it is because they are looking at simple pieces such as symbols. Japanese tattoo art consists of so much more. As a matter of fact, there are some amazing designs that celebrities and other high profile individuals have paid a lot of money for.

History
Japanese tattoo art has been around for centuries. It is thought that facial tattoos graced the faces of early Japanese settlers. Throughout the years, the art evolved and it was a custom to be tattooed with very detailed images. For instance, in 1827 Kuniyoshi Utagawa created 6 very intricate designs that were part of the 108 Heroes of the Suikoden. These heroes were like a bunch of Robin Hoods. Each tattoo told a piece of the story.

There is Japanese art that depicts their warriors as heavily tattooed. In today’s Japan, it is not common to find someone who is heavily tattooed. As it stands, the Japanese people consider people who are tattooed to be a part of an underworld of gangsters. They believe it to be a habit of the low class. Young tattooed people in Japan have them placed where people cannot see. That way they do not have to encounter judgment by their peers or older individuals in Japan.

But the Japanese tattoo designs are quite amazing when you look at them. They depict parts of Japanese history, contain many fine lines that make the design, and the colors are so vivid and unique. Some people may even have their entire back tattooed because some tattoos are only good when they are large and a message is to be relayed.

Types
Flowers and dragons tend to be the most common, aside from Japanese symbols with significant meaning to the tattooed individual. Extensive Japanese tattoo art can take a while to finish. Because of the amount of detail put into some designs, it can take several sittings to finish. Having one done in one sitting could be quite daunting to the tattoo artist and to the recipient. It is also necessary to allow some healing to take place before continuing some parts of the journey.

It is also common to see Japanese tattoo art of Japanese warriors with weapons and of serpents. The best way to know what your options are is to explore online or consult with your Japanese tattoo artist on what it is that can be done for you.

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Ear Ear!

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Off To Work We Go

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A suit that will never go out of style.

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Hollywood

From this website comes several pictures of tattooed ladies (none of whom appears to be Asian, to my chagrin). If you go to the website it would help you a lot to read the text if you can read Japanese. Then again, you might go to the website to look at the pictures, not read the text.

Online Tattoo Design Library

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India Too

From this website comes a picture of the lovely Indian starlet Riya Sen, Sorry, no saree.

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Social Limits

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According to this article, more women are getting tattoos in Japan.

The same article warns that tattoos are still not accepted outside certain small circles.

"I foresee a generation of elaborately tattooed homeless in the future," says Hata from Koenji's Inkrat studio, only half jokingly. "It's hard to get bank loans and rental contracts with visible tattoos. Things haven't changed much."

Fashion has its limits in Japan.

Thongs Galore

Minimalist tattoos in Brazil. The thong distracts from the art of the tattoo. Yeah, right.....

Japan In The Old Days

This picture was taken from a series of photos taken in Japan in the 19th century. The website has no descriptive material attached to it. For various reasons I would date the photos to the middle of the century, 1860s or so.

Note that even then some people sported full-body tattoos in Japan. These are not prisoner's tattoos, these are a civilian's idea of a good time.

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Wedding Hands

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Elaborate hand tattooes are a custom in much of India. Brides tattoo their hands with henna for their weddings. There are other occasions when such tattooes are applied.

Furniture

OK, OK, she's not Asian. And after an extremely careful visual inspection I could not find a single tattoo. But the chair she's sitting on has an Asian theme, so this picture slips under the radar. What can I tell you?

Romantic Halloween cards

This is the only destination to own some unusual Romantic Halloween cards gallery which bring the widest selection of horror and romance cards of witches, ghosts, vampire and bloody lovers. Send a perfect scary greeting cards on this Halloween season. kids love the scary masks, dresses, props, sounds, wallpapers and ecard to own. Just check it out right here....Enjoy the Halloween party of couple

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